Re: Where are the instructions or manual?

I would imagine that some people make a darn good living from $3 apps
and even 99 cent apps.

But aside from what Dean has already pointed out, I would also think
that the demand for ssh is far less than it is for games or even many
other productivity apps.

People who need ssh are a definite minority. Obviously most of us
are using it to connect to Unix/Linux boxes, so that's a smaller
percentage right away. But even there I often have to do a Webex or
RDP first because there is no ssh from the world at many sites.

So, maybe iSSH is "high priced", relatively speaking, and yeah, OK, I
had a hard time finding the docs myself. Big deal, I did find them
and $10 is still short money no matter what.

On May 25, 6:00 am, Dean <canada...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think that's what either Jared or I are saying here.  Jared
> was probably one of the first users of iSSH.  He saw it in all it's
> 1.0 suckiness!  It's come a long way.  And yes, I need to update the
> documentation.  And in fact I'm paying someone already to take care of
> it as I've got my hands full.
>
> But I'll say this:  I don't compare myself and the price of my app to
> games or fart apps.  That's the proverbial apples to oranges
> comparison.  I compare myself to the price of other remote apps that
> are consistently updated like mine (and of course, have varying
> degrees of "good"/"in-app" documentation).  Which ones are those?
> iTeleport, iTap RDP client, Desktop Connect, VNC Viewer and LogMeIn,
> to name a few.  When you fit me into that list (and take into account
> you only need to buy one copy for iPhone and iPad use) I'm a crazy
> bargain at my current price.
>
> Remember, what you're saying isn't falling on deaf ears.  I've been
> getting complaints about documentation for a while now.  All in good
> time!
>
> Dean
>
> On May 25, 2:29 am, Packetguy <mel.beck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>
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> > There are very few $29 apps. Many analysts have pointed out that the
> > average iPad app price is about $3. That's the economics of the market
> > you chose to enter. It's not at all unreasonable to expect an app
> > costing three times the average price to be, well, above average. Look
> > at X-Plane. Austin Meyers sunk a ton of work into it, all the code
> > written by himself, from scratch. $9.99, and well worth it, and he's
> > made a very good living from the iPhone app alone (when PC/Mac sales
> > were sagging). You're porting the existing OpenSSH source (it's in
> > your code) and adding a GUI. Way less work, although I recognize it's
> > non-trivial. But please don't expect customers to both pay and "be
> > grateful", then volunteer to provide free labor to make iSSH a
> > polished app. That's your job as commercial developers. Every
> > professional recognizes this.
>
> > On May 25, 2:01 am, Jared Earle <jea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Packetguy <mel.beck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Ten bucks is a high price for an iPad app -- most are under $3.
>
> > > No, $29.99 is a high price, like OmniGraffle. Seriously, if you think $9.99
> > > is a lot of money, the US economy must be worse than I thought. :)
>
> > > Yes, we should get better documentation, but usability and functionality are
> > > more important to me, and I presume Dean has the same opinion.
>
> > > Maybe someone grateful for iSSH should do a basic beginner's manual with
> > > pictures and basic feature descriptions. What would it need? Pie Menu, VNC
> > > settings, Settings, keys? Anything else?
>
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